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Z8270 – PA Seasonal Stability

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At a glance

IN-SEASON · ACTIVE

Current reading

-0.645

PA Seasonal Stability composite, tanh-bounded

Signal state

Moderate NEG

11 trading days in current state

Phase

STRESS

Positive equals seasonal stability high; negative equals seasonal stability low

Sample

37 years

Live since 1989-12

 

As of Nov 04, 2026. Updated nightly.

SIGNAL OVERVIEW

Auto-promoted from KYM truth/atlas. Operator: refine. The composite is bounded between minus one and plus one through. Across 37 years Phase +1 seasonal stability high state has returned on average plus 2.12 percent forward 60-day palladium return. Phase -1 seasonal stability low state has returned on average plus 1.15 percent. Today the composite reads , in territory.

LIVE CHART

PA Seasonal Stability: composite bounded minus one to plus one.

The dark line in the top panel is the composite bounded between minus one and plus one. The pale red band marks seasonal stability low regime. The pale green band marks seasonal stability high regime. The bronze line in the middle panel is the trailing 252-day rolling Spearman information coefficient. The lower panel is NYMEX palladium continuous back-adjusted price on the right axis in cents per ounce.

Extreme seasonal stability low band Extreme seasonal stability high band

COMPOSITE

-0.645 / tanh

STATE

(nightly)

PHASE

(nightly)

FWD 60d

(nightly, baseline +0.86 percent)

SAMPLE N

9,272 days

TODAY'S PLAYBOOK READING

STATE

Moderate Neg

STATE AND HISTORY

. Sample N=9,272 days since 1989-12.

WHY THE SIGNAL IS HERE

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POSTURE FOR THE WEEKS AHEAD

The signal is a regime detector on a 60-day forward horizon. Pair with price momentum signals for conviction.

WHAT THE CHART SHOWS

Today the composite reads -0.645 placing the dot inside the Moderate NEG band.

TOP INPUTS FIRING

  • Silver returns Primary silver price momentum.
  • 10-year TIPS-implied inflation breakeven Market-implied inflation expectation.
  • Rolling coherence trend 5-year first-difference of coherence at 170-day cycles.

THE REGIME MAP

The three regime phases, forward 60-day palladium returns and sample share

Baseline palladium forward 60 day return (unconditional): mean plus 0.86 percent, median plus 0.58 percent, across 9,212 trading days.

State Phase Share Fwd 60d HAC t Edge vs baseline Last firings
Seasonal stability high +1 3.3% (305 d) +1.60% +0.74pp Sep 2026, Jun 2026, Dec 2025
Normal 0 8.7% (804 d) +1.84% +0.98pp Oct 2026, Sep 2026, Sep 2026
Seasonal stability low TODAY -1 88.0% (8163 d) +0.73% -0.12pp Oct 2026, Sep 2026, Aug 2026

The historical pattern

How to use the signal today

Seasonal stability high
1993-08
Composite series maximum
On 1993-08-06 the composite reached its series maximum plus 1.000. Palladium subsequent 60-day behavior aligned with the seasonal stability high regime pattern.
Composite +1.000 on 1993-08-06
Seasonal stability low
2021-11
Composite series minimum
On 2021-11-02 the composite reached its series minimum minus 0.705. Palladium subsequent 60-day behavior aligned with the seasonal stability low regime pattern.
Composite -0.705 on 2021-11-02
Normal
2020-03
COVID shock regime
The March 2020 COVID liquidity shock drove violent regime shifts across palladium drivers.
Multi-phase regime across COVID window

THE TRACK RECORD

State changes

State Start End Duration Fwd 60d SPY
Normal 10/28/2024 11/05/2024 7d +3.19%
Extreme Pos (silver Compressed) 11/06/2024 11/06/2024 1d +2.23%
Normal 11/07/2024 11/07/2024 1d +1.80%
Extreme Pos (silver Compressed) 11/08/2024 11/11/2024 2d +0.43%
Normal 11/12/2024 11/20/2024 7d +1.41%
Extreme Pos (silver Compressed) 11/21/2024 12/02/2024 7d +1.06%
Normal 12/03/2024 12/11/2024 7d -4.48%
Extreme Pos (silver Compressed) 12/12/2024 09/24/2025 196d -8.76%
Normal 09/25/2025 10/09/2025 11d +3.24%
Extreme Pos (silver Compressed) 10/10/2025 10/10/2025 1d +5.60%
Normal 10/13/2025 10/17/2025 5d +3.99%
Extreme Pos (silver Compressed) 10/20/2025 10/27/2025 6d +3.12%
Normal 10/28/2025 11/11/2025 11d +0.83%
Extreme Neg (silver Outperforming) 11/12/2025 11/13/2025 2d +1.28%
Normal 11/14/2025 11/17/2025 2d +1.39%
Extreme Neg (silver Outperforming) 11/18/2025 11/20/2025 3d +3.45%
Normal 11/21/2025 11/25/2025 3d +4.61%
Extreme Neg (silver Outperforming) 11/26/2025 10/26/2026 229d +1.98%

Scroll inside the table for the full history. Forward 60-day SPY is measured from each run’s start date; a reader cannot trade off a start-date they only identify in hindsight, so this is a transparency log, not an alpha claim. Asterisked (*) returns are partial. The run is less than 60 trading days old. The full 60-day comparable fills in as more data arrives.

What this measures

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Why it matters

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The signal flags the current palladium regime for the next 60 trading days on average. Pair with price-based signals for precise entry.

State-conditional spreads are empirical averages across 37 years. Individual regime windows can run longer or shorter than mean sample.

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Want the full depth?

Brief covers wavelet-coherence methodology, three signature episodes (2009-02 QE recoupling series max, 2015-06 decoupling series min, 2020 COVID), and four caveats on reading a cross-asset coherence signal.

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Not investment advice · The analysis on this page is informational and educational. Signal readings, historical case figures, and empirical statistics are derived from publicly available data and are provided without warranty. Hypothetical performance results have inherent limitations, including the benefit of hindsight. Readers who intend to trade should consult a licensed investment professional and see the research brief for the full disclaimer.

Last refreshed Nov 06, 2026 08:39 PM ET